Regional and Environmental Laboratory: Report
Code: 104247 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2503710 Geography, Environmental Management and Spatial Planning | OB | 2 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Antoni Durà Guimerà
- Email:
- Antoni.Dura@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Teachers
- Antoni Durà Guimerà
- Marc Castelló Bueno
Prerequisites
To enrol in this subject (asignatura),is very important to register also for second year subjects that are linked to “Territorial and Environmental Laboratory: Report” in 2020-21 course: "Territory, Society and Environment in Catalonia" (code 104245) and "Qualitative Methods and Fieldwork" (Code 104248)
Moreover, it is convenient to pass 70% of the credits of the first year (7 out of 10 subjects) and 60% of the second year’s first semester (3 out of 5).
Objectives and Contextualisation
The subject is part of the thematic grouping (materia) "Territorial and Environmental Laboratories" together with another that you will find in the third year. As indicated in the Degree Report, this second year course aims to teach on how to elaborate “Territorial Diagnosis Reports”, whereas the elaboration of concrete proposals will be left for the third year subject. More specifically, the main objective of this course is the provision of knowledge, methods and techniques necessary for the preparation of reports through planning instruments: analysis of the conditioning factors (physical environment, administrative map, current planning ...), territorial dynamics (population, activities, mobility, land uses, resources and energy ...) and the different scenarios (population, jobs, environment ...).
On the other hand, the subject leans on knowledge from other subjects in the same year. For the 2021/22 course, complementary subjects will be "Territory, Society and Environment in Catalonia" and "Qualitative Methods and Fieldwork". In addition, the learning that is being acquired in other subjects (i.e. "Spatial Analysis and Models" and "GIS and Territorial Management") will also be taken into account as described in the Grade Report.
Competences
- Apply methods and techniques of quantitative, qualitative and field work analysis in the interpretation of territorial and environmental processes.
- Draw up action and intervention plans in the territory which respond to sociodemographic and environmental problems.
- Explain and represent territorial processes using statistical techniques, and graphic, cartographic and geographical information representations.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Work cooperatively in multidisciplinary teams.
Learning Outcomes
- Define the main regional problems in a case study.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Use statistical data and instruments to describe the geographical situation in a case study.
- Use techniques of quantitative and qualitative analysis.
- Work cooperatively in multidisciplinary teams.
Content
1. Introduction: Diagnosis in the context of territorial and environmental planning
2. The diagnosis of the territory: diversity of objectives and models
3. Methodology for the elaboration of territorial and environmental diagnoses
4. Introduction to the case-study: a medium-sized town in Catalonia.
a) Theoretical sessions
b) Initial fieldwork
5. Group Assessment: Assignment of analysis zones to teams of students for the development of a partial case-study diagnosis.
a) Methodological sessions of support
b) Individual work
6. Preparation and presentation of results
a) Document: Diagnosis Report
b) Oral presentations
c) Posters
Methodology
Coordinated
Lectures on methodology and on the case of study
Joint fieldwork for the first territorial analysis
Supervised
Orientation and monitoring sessions for the preparation of the report
Orientation sessions for producing follow-up presentations of results
(oral presentation)
Autonomous
Theoretical and methodological readings
Search for information: documentation, statistics and field work
Analysis: Development of the Diagnosis
Elaboration of results: Memory, oral presentation.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| a) Expositive classes on methodology and the case study | 12 | 0.48 | 1, 3, 4 |
| b) Joint field work | 11 | 0.44 | 1, 3, 4 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| a) Diagnosis guindance sessions | 15 | 0.6 | 2, 5, 3, 4 |
| b) Guidance for the presentation of results | 12 | 0.48 | 5, 3, 4 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| a) Theoretical and methodological readings | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 2 |
| b) Information search: documentation, statistics and field work | 25 | 1 | 2, 5, 3, 4 |
| c) Analysis and preparation of the diagnosis | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 2, 5, 3, 4 |
| d) Presentation of results | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 2, 5, 3, 4 |
Assessment
The assessment will take into account: first, the final results of the process of elaboration of the Report on Territorial and Environmental Diagnosis (Written report, oral presentation and poster); second, the gradual learning process will also be evaluated, based on the follow-up activities (exercises) and on a written exam over the methodology for the elaboration of the diagnoses. Moreover, the assessment of some aspects of the Report (contents, methodology) will be included in the join subjects "Qualittive methods and fieldwork" and "Society, territory ane environment in Catalonia".
The final mark of the subject will be the average of the marks obtained through the different evaluated assessments. Failure to participate in any of them implies that the entire subject is "Not evaluated". To calculate an average, you must have obtained at least a score of 4 in each one of the assessments.
Revaluation: If you miss a deadline it is still possible to negotiate the presentation of some assessment exercises (the methodological exam, the follow-up exercises or the poster). However, please note that due to the nature of the activity, it will not be possible to revaluate the written report or the oral presentations. At the time of each assessment activity, the teacher will inform students of the procedure and date of review of grades.
Attendance to the joint fieldwork and to oral presentations is mandatory. If you cannot attend, there will be a need for legal proof (justificante) detailing the cause. The non-repeated attendance to these activities will result in the assessment not being marked. You should attend at least 50% of the joint fieldwork and 2/3 of the lectures.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follow-up exercices | 15% | 9 | 0.36 | 2, 3, 4 |
| Report of the territorial and environmental diagnosis | 40% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 5, 3, 4 |
| Report's oral presentation | 15% | 4 | 0.16 | 2, 5 |
| Synthesis poster | 10% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Written exam | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Bibliography
We provide some basic references. The detailed bibliography will be provided at the beginning of the course.
About the Diagnosis methodology
Generalitat de Catalunya (2004?). Planejament territorial. Criteris. Barcelona, Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Publiques.
Generalitat de Catalunya (2009). Memòria ambiental (Document orientatiu per a la redacció de la memòria ambiental en el marc de l’avaluació ambiental de Plans d’Ordenació Urbanística municipal). Barcelona, Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge.
Ruiz, Robert (dir) (2012). La diagnosi del territori com a suport a les decisions estratègiques. Guies metodològiques per a la planificació estratègica, 3, Barcelona, Diputació de Barcelona.
https://www1.diba.cat/llibreria/pdf/51168.pdf
Nel·lo, Oriol (2012). Ordenar el territorio. La experiencia de Barcelona y Cataluña. Valencia, Tirant lo Blanch.
Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat. (2012). Text Refós de la Llei d’urbanisme de Catalunya, Col·lecció “Quaderns de legislació”, 94 (2a edició), Generalitat de Catalunya.
https://seuelectronica.vilanova.cat/content/tramits/REFOSurbanisme2.pdf
Castañer, M. (ed) (2012). El planejament territorial a Catalunya a inici del segle XXI: una nova interpretació i projecció del país, Societat Catalana d’Ordenació del Territori.
Software
Softward related to Geographical Information Systems